Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I had a birthday card to make and knew I wanted to use the adorable Paper Smooches Birthday Buddies set. I had seen a card design by Dana on her blog back in December that I really liked that I thought would work well for what I had in mind.
It took me awhile to figure out which combination of papers from the Studio Calico Here & There paper pack would work best together. (It’s a fabulous set of patterned papers!) I created the sentiment on my computer and die cut it.
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In today’s Online Card Classes course “His & Hers” course, I created two cards based on ones shown by Jennifer McGuire. Like hers, mine use the Paper Smooches “Leafy Greens” stamp set.
For my “Hers” card, I used a variety of Distress and Hero Arts Shadow inks. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set. (I actually made this card second and backed the vellum strip on Be Creative tape so it would lie flat, after realizing that just tucking in the ends wasn’t working.)
The “His” card is stamped on kraft cardstock also with a variety of Distress and Hero Arts Shadow inks.
I’ve been wanting to play with this Paper Smooches “Forest Whimsy” stamp set for some time and had the opportunity to do so for a birthday card! We have a strong affection for all things “gnome” in our home. 🙂
Kim Hughes does a fabulous job with the way she draws her designs making it so easy to fussy cut patterned papers, as I did on this card with the MME “Gnome Sweet Gnome” papers. This card is only 5″ tall. When I first crafted it, I had extra white space above and below that just didn’t look right, so I cut the card down a bit!
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (solid red); Memory Box (gray); Copic markers: E0000, E000, E00, R11
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Today’s Online Card Class Pattern Play class lesson was a bit of a challenge for me. The lesson focus was on manipulating paper, and I followed the technique shared by Kristina Werner in which four pattern strips were woven together. The difficulty was in choosing the right set of papers that would work together for the weaving. Kristina used some My Mind’s Eye papers in soft colors and harmonizing patterns that went together beautifully.
Even though I had the stamp that Kristina used on her card, a bunny from Wplus9 Design Studio, I wanted to try something else. I chose the Paper Smooches bear and found some “camp-themed” (more masculine) papers for the woven paper weaving. Yes, my card is heavy on the polka dots! I hit another obstacle when I went to choose paper for the bear. I initially white embossed a dark brown, but it was just too much contrast for the other papers.
I’ve had a great time in this class and don’t want it to end! I always learn so much in the classes.
Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; patterned papers by Bazzill, My Mind’s Eye, Simple Stories; Versafine ink; vellum; Amuse Studio embossing plate
Today I’m sharing a card I created for the RetroSketches #47 Challenge and the Paper Smooches Sparks Color Challenge using one of my favorite stamp sets – Paper Smooches “Reflections.”
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